Irish music show returns to Plymouth Arts Center for 13th year

PLYMOUTH - Shake off those winter blues and anticipate Spring with all things green while enjoying “Shamrocks & Shenanigans,” an Irish music show. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day weekend at the Plymouth Arts Center on Friday and Saturday, March 16-17, with this annual tradition.

Plymouth own’s Irish Lass, Ms. Mary Calvey, is the director of this ever-popular show. Now celebrating 13 consecutive years, this fun show focuses on a wide selection of Irish melodies, including lovely ballads and pub songs and a wee bit o’ laughter thrown in.

Enjoy some Irish beer at the cash bar. Receive a complimentary treat. There's something for everyone.

Show dates are 8 p.m. on Friday, March 16, and 2 p.m. matinee and 7:30 p.m.on Saturday, March 17, at the Plymouth Arts Center, 520 East Mill Street, Plymouth.

Box Office Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday-Friday. Tickets for reserved table seating are: $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Call early (920) 892-8409. Tickets are also available online at www.plymoutharts.org.

Speaker to present on history of American quilting at Wade House

Leslie Bellais, curator of Social History at the Wisconsin Historical Society, will present a program titled “Trends in American Quilting."(Photo: Submitted)

GREENBUSH - At 1 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the Wade House visitor center, Leslie Bellais, Curator of Social History at the Wisconsin Historical Society, will present a program titled “Trends in American Quilting.”

In her presentation, Bellais will uncover the history and trends of American quilting from the Colonial Era to the Bicentennial. “Trends in American Quilting” is being held in conjunction with a special exhibit titled “Over Land, Under Cover: Tales of Quilts and Coverlets and their Journeys to Wisconsin, 1830-1880,” which is currently on display at the Wade House visitor center.

“Trends in American Quilting” is being held in conjunction with a special exhibit titled “Over Land, Under Cover: Tales of Quilts and Coverlets and their Journeys to Wisconsin, 1830-1880” at the Wade House visitor center.(Photo: Courtesy of Wade House)

During her presentation on the history of American quilting, Bellais will attempt to answer the following questions: Why did quilting become so popular in America when it languished in Europe? Why were there overwhelming national quilting trends rather than a myriad of regional ones in the history of American quilting?

Bellais’ “Trends in American Quilting” lecture will be held at the Wade House visitor center on State Highway 23 in Greenbush.

The lecture is included in the cost of general admission to Wade House Historic Site. Admission is: Adults $7; Students/Senior Citizens $6; Children (5-17) $3.50; Family (2 adults and two or more dependent children ages 5-17) $19.

For more information, please call 920-526-3271 or visit www.wadehouse.org

Sound Celebration Women’s Chorus offers outlet for busy women

The Sheboygan Performing Arts column is an occasional piece spotlighting different performance opportunities in the Sheboygan area.

I am a member of Sound Celebration Women’s Barbershop Chorus. I have loved to sing my whole life, and when I graduated college and became busy with a career and eventually a husband and kids, music became a distant memory. I realized that I was desperately seeking “me” time, and through a good friend found Sound Celebration.

We meet once a week. During that time, I focus on nothing but my music and performance. I found what I like to call my “happy place.” The women in this group are supportive and caring. These are women whom I would never know if I hadn’t joined this group, and frankly can’t imagine what it would be like not to see them on a weekly basis.

I strongly urge women to find “me” time. By nature, I feel that women give much to others while at times putting themselves last. If you like to sing and would like to join a supportive group of women who love to sing, we would encourage you to come to a rehearsal (First Congregational United Church of Christ, Highway 67, Plymouth, on Tuesday nights at 6:45 p.m.). If not, I still recommend “me” time!

Anne Lambert

UW-Sheboygan dean to speak on Gene Editing

Jackie Joseph-Silverstein(Photo: Courtesy of UW-Sheboygan)

SHEBOYGAN - Jackie Joseph-Silverstein, UW-Sheboygan’s regional executive officer and dean, will be the featured speaker for the March Speakers’ Series lecture at the Sheboygan campus. Silverstein will discuss the interesting and often controversial topic of Gene Editing. Gaining recent widespread attention in the popular press because of its potential for clinical translation, gene editing is the ability to remove, replace or add a gene sequence, part of a gene or a single code within a gene - to alter our molecular code.

The one-hour lecture takes place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, in the Wombat Room (Room 2114) on the UW-Sheboygan campus, located at One University Drive in Sheboygan. Admission and parking are free.